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and "the wall street journal," obama's cliff offer spurned. i want to bring in joanne reed and molly ball, political reporter for "the atlantic." good to see both of you. good morning. >> good to be here. >> mitch mcconnell, we are told, literally laughed at the white house's offer. and if you listen to speaker boehner, it's not going very well. take a listen. >> i'm disappointed in where we are and disappointed in what's happened over the last couple of weeks. but going over the fiscal cliff is serious business. and i'm here seriously trying to resolve it. and i would hope the white house would get serious as well. >> and the speaker tweeted, "how serious is the white house about avoiding the fiscal cliff?" reports suggest, in some cases, not so serious. and also, joanne, what is the strategy here, and is there a risk like looking like you're not really negotiating? >> well, you know, i think what's interesting is that there's the posture that everyone is taking in public, but then what you're hearing behind the scenes is that everyone's sort
and "the wall street journal," obama's cliff offer spurned. i want to bring in joanne reed and molly ball, political reporter for "the atlantic." good to see both of you. good morning. >> good to be here. >> mitch mcconnell, we are told, literally laughed at the white house's offer. and if you listen to speaker boehner, it's not going very well. take a listen. >> i'm disappointed in where we are and disappointed in what's happened over the last couple of...
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president obama wants to get it done. he wants to keep the sort of onus on republicans to get something done. that, i think, will focus us a little bit on immigration reform, maybe a slight move off the fiscal cliff for a few hours tomorrow. >> in fact, i think the meeting actually starts this afternoon, so i misspoke on that. they might have wanted not to it talk about the drug war, but they have this horrible assassination now of the death of the mayor a fighter against the cartel and already lost her husband. it goes on. >> absolutely. i would say, andrea, always with these meetings you get to talk about what you want to talk about and also things you don't want to talk about. let's see what comes out of it when they greet the cameras and what they have to say. my guess is we'll hear some talk about immigration and the need to reform it. >> a lot of people hope for a new chapter between the two countries. a much more intense relationship. thank you very much, chris. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell rep
president obama wants to get it done. he wants to keep the sort of onus on republicans to get something done. that, i think, will focus us a little bit on immigration reform, maybe a slight move off the fiscal cliff for a few hours tomorrow. >> in fact, i think the meeting actually starts this afternoon, so i misspoke on that. they might have wanted not to it talk about the drug war, but they have this horrible assassination now of the death of the mayor a fighter against the cartel and...
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and it's also clear that the american republican rebuked obama in 2010. you have to put a burden of leadership here. he e is the president and he has to be willing to do the hard work to propose solutions that can pass the house. >> why should it be to pass the house? what if it passes the senate. >> the senate is closely divided. they have a few democrats who are saying left and who are on the ballot. mary landrieu and mark prooier for two. he has to show leadership. >> that's going to be interesting. we'll continue right after. trivia time. we asked how many senators in the upcoming 113th congress were born outside the u.s. i said three on twitter. my apologies, it's four. texas senator elect ted cruz hails from canada. they join michael bennett and john mccain who were both born outside the united states. sduf a political trivia question? e e-mail us. we'll be right back. melons!!! oh yeah!! well that was uncalled for. folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico sure are happy. how happy, ronny? happier than gallagher at a farmers' market. ge
and it's also clear that the american republican rebuked obama in 2010. you have to put a burden of leadership here. he e is the president and he has to be willing to do the hard work to propose solutions that can pass the house. >> why should it be to pass the house? what if it passes the senate. >> the senate is closely divided. they have a few democrats who are saying left and who are on the ballot. mary landrieu and mark prooier for two. he has to show leadership. >>...
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obama-care? >> there are certainly maybe parts of it we believe that need to be changed. we may do that. no decisions at this point. >> wait a minute. a short while later, boehner walked back his answer on twitter. obama care is the law of the land, but it's raising costs and hurting small businesses. our goal remains full repeat? it looks like he's scared of the tea partiers in the caucus. president obama was close to persuade ing him on a grand bargain before boehner buckled. i guess you could say this time around they don't need boehner. they hold not all the carts, but more cards, and the middle eastern people are clearly behind this president, they elected a more progress i have senate. senator patty murray, who led the democratic senatorial expand committee says her party is ready to link arms and jump off the cliff. >> if we can't get a good deal, a balanced deal that calls on the wealthy to pay their fair share, i would absolutely continue this debate into 2013 rather than lock in a long-
obama-care? >> there are certainly maybe parts of it we believe that need to be changed. we may do that. no decisions at this point. >> wait a minute. a short while later, boehner walked back his answer on twitter. obama care is the law of the land, but it's raising costs and hurting small businesses. our goal remains full repeat? it looks like he's scared of the tea partiers in the caucus. president obama was close to persuade ing him on a grand bargain before boehner buckled. i...
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the strength of the obama campaign. that's why messina went to chicago in 2011 to start building this thing and the mattered. and the romney campan outsourced it to the rnc and er operation. and en you both get fiplus you' times. don't worry. >>re fine. >> we'll be right back with mor "the daily rundown." we'll be right back. whddy? how? theyork withmwe virtualization d cloud solutions tailored to a company's unique i.t. needs. so, you're my caddy. uld you provide for me now? well, you're 30 yards away from the green. ve got a br to the left of you and a bunker to the right of you. so you can focus oneally matters. call humana at 1-800-808-4003. yeah. then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends a check. are you in good hands? >>> lcome back. after i sobean i want to talk about what the president accomplished last night. it was methodical in many ways. wh you look at every state,tt r. er there was a b- none of the county maps really n way.
the strength of the obama campaign. that's why messina went to chicago in 2011 to start building this thing and the mattered. and the romney campan outsourced it to the rnc and er operation. and en you both get fiplus you' times. don't worry. >>re fine. >> we'll be right back with mor "the daily rundown." we'll be right back. whddy? how? theyork withmwe virtualization d cloud solutions tailored to a company's unique i.t. needs. so, you're my caddy. uld you provide for me...
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and obama may be interested in this thing called the union. i'm for sc sc. what an amazing, loyalty for your are state, as opposed to your country. didn't we get past that at one point? >> i don't think so. >> i'm standing up for south carolina, what does that mean? >> we went through this last summer. two summers ago, with the showdown over the fiscal -- over the debt ceiling. >> yeah. >> and at that point in time, the president tried to reach bargain. surer is right, john boehner would have cut a deal. but he couldn't, because at the end of the day, had he done so, his own house republicans would have risen up in mutiny. and he would have lost the speakership. whether mitch mcconnell and more adult members of the members the of the senator can put pressure on the house. if they can't change these fundamental dynamics we're headed in the same direction. >> i think mitch mcconnell is the problem because he's headed for re-election. but i think one of the interesting things that boehner said, is this your moment now, mr. president, now leave. that's both the
and obama may be interested in this thing called the union. i'm for sc sc. what an amazing, loyalty for your are state, as opposed to your country. didn't we get past that at one point? >> i don't think so. >> i'm standing up for south carolina, what does that mean? >> we went through this last summer. two summers ago, with the showdown over the fiscal -- over the debt ceiling. >> yeah. >> and at that point in time, the president tried to reach bargain. surer is...
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. >> we've seen president obama. they were really universal health c and he's goingw8c9 to have to stepct the big three and get more money of the wealthiest americans. to be the first don't know that to draw theand. i think he's got to do i'm one of the first that and beyond at. but if he after and went partisan tonight,ed. >> i don't think it's partisan to point out the victories. i'm talkingbout saying the fortjz the high road. i romney as romney appeared to be to him. and let's not fo chris, he was gracious to don't act like he didn't have a loe t of divisiveness we had to get over in a that was gracious to tonight was gracious to bill clinton four years ago when a lot of people were angry at him forgiving bill clinton. he's the samegu it willd itself and all of us will expect it. >> how about the other democrats who w tonighl on[ i this. here's why. i think the opposite of love is not hate iloce. x >> i'll give hcc credit. he was one of the few l but oft[ mouth ofabout it are afr he is sending out to talk on tele
. >> we've seen president obama. they were really universal health c and he's goingw8c9 to have to stepct the big three and get more money of the wealthiest americans. to be the first don't know that to draw theand. i think he's got to do i'm one of the first that and beyond at. but if he after and went partisan tonight,ed. >> i don't think it's partisan to point out the victories. i'm talkingbout saying the fortjz the high road. i romney as romney appeared to be to him. and let's...
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it's called obama noma. he's such a cancer to the economy. >> to call this an economy is an insult to recoveries. >> the numbers don't lie. we'll lay them out for you, tonight. >>> thanks for staying with "the ed show" tonight. the story goes to the heart of what we deserve. if we elect someone to the senate, we expect them to do what? get something done. unfortunately the republicans have been using the filibuster to block legislation. now the democrats want to change the rules to keep the next group of republicans from doing the same thing. we'll talk about those changes in a moment. first republicans have used the filibuster and really used it as well. it's normally a great tool for the minority to have a voice. it can slow down a discussion of a bill. it allows the minority to make changes before a vote. filibuster can also kill a bill, even if the majority of senators want to pass it. now over the last four years, the republicans have been using the filibuster as really a political weapon to cripple the
it's called obama noma. he's such a cancer to the economy. >> to call this an economy is an insult to recoveries. >> the numbers don't lie. we'll lay them out for you, tonight. >>> thanks for staying with "the ed show" tonight. the story goes to the heart of what we deserve. if we elect someone to the senate, we expect them to do what? get something done. unfortunately the republicans have been using the filibuster to block legislation. now the democrats want to...
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when barack obama was elected the first time, they summed it up with this head line. "black man given nation's worst job." that was for the start of his first term. might be more apt for second term. the second term is when the job turns out to be a difficult job for presidents. if you go back to woodrow wilson in his second term trying to join the league of nations, that was pretty much the end of wilson. that was his second term. when it was truman in his second term during the korean war, he fired general mcarthur. the country responded by throwing parades for the general who got fired. and harry truman left office with approval ratings that dick cheney would kill for, but for everyone else would see that as a disaster. second terms are almost always seen as a disaster, then at least when the big disappointments happen and often the failures. when the soviet union beat us, when the soviet union beat the united states to put the first space satellite into orbit, when no nation had put something like that -- up in space and had it stick there and the soviets did it f
when barack obama was elected the first time, they summed it up with this head line. "black man given nation's worst job." that was for the start of his first term. might be more apt for second term. the second term is when the job turns out to be a difficult job for presidents. if you go back to woodrow wilson in his second term trying to join the league of nations, that was pretty much the end of wilson. that was his second term. when it was truman in his second term during the...
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president obama is going to get that one too. it'll be 323 electoral votes when all is s if you will. i want to go to ohio because ohio was a big deal at the time. what was interesting here is where the margins were. it was all wasn't -- this was reduplicating the map. here's what the county map looksnow. i'll go to 2008. if anything, he did better in coal country as you can see. and you see the blue goes away over here. romney did what he had to do. he ranthe problem is right here. it was margins inuyahoga plus underperforming with whiteey working class men in the auto belt here. these two areas also swing. and those swing for mitt romney as well either. he kep up the margins in his home turf but hehe swing areas. one of the interesting things about the s this stayed president. jefferson county with the president. washt o county stayed with the president. do4íwn here.nty in florida stayed with t of theq4 few large swingties off brown was a game of margins, if you will. speaking of other counties in louden county, prince william
president obama is going to get that one too. it'll be 323 electoral votes when all is s if you will. i want to go to ohio because ohio was a big deal at the time. what was interesting here is where the margins were. it was all wasn't -- this was reduplicating the map. here's what the county map looksnow. i'll go to 2008. if anything, he did better in coal country as you can see. and you see the blue goes away over here. romney did what he had to do. he ranthe problem is right here. it was...
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when you look at the numbers here, president obama, 71%, romney, 27%. 67%, 31% obama and mccain. clearly, the latino vote continues to go to the democrats because of this hard line position that the republicans have. there's no better time to get the dream act, i would think. >> it should be pushed vigorously and i think it will be. there's a chance that some republicans will come over to the side of the democrats on this issue to get it passed. i think it will be quite difficult, but you always have to keep in mind about something like this, while it makes some sense for republicans to go over to the democrat's side to maybe pass a law like this and make it seem less toxic, it also gives the president a big victory that's not going to be lost on latinos who is really responsible for passing this act if it does pass. it will be through democratic initiative and democratic votes. that's not going to sit well with some in the republican party. so i think you just have this caught between a rock and a hard place problem with the republicans and latinos. no matter what they do, thing
when you look at the numbers here, president obama, 71%, romney, 27%. 67%, 31% obama and mccain. clearly, the latino vote continues to go to the democrats because of this hard line position that the republicans have. there's no better time to get the dream act, i would think. >> it should be pushed vigorously and i think it will be. there's a chance that some republicans will come over to the side of the democrats on this issue to get it passed. i think it will be quite difficult, but you...
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it's called obama noma. he's such a cancer to the economy. >> to call this an economy is an insult to recoveries. >> the numbers don't lie. we'll lay them out for you, tonight. [ emily jo ] derrell comes into starbucks with his wife, danielle, almost every weekend. derrell hasn't been able to visit his mom back east in a long time. [ shirley ] things are sometimes a little tight around the house. i wasn't able to go to the wedding. [ emily jo ] since derrell couldn't get home, we decided to bring home to him and then just gave him a little bit of help finding his way. ♪ [ laughs ] [ applause ] i love you. i love you, too. >>> thanks for staying with "the ed show" tonight. the story goes to the heart of what we deserve. if we elect someone to the senate, we expect them to do what? get something done. unfortunately the republicans have been using the filibuster to block legislation. now the democrats want to change the rules to keep the next group of republicans from doing the same thing. we'll talk about th
it's called obama noma. he's such a cancer to the economy. >> to call this an economy is an insult to recoveries. >> the numbers don't lie. we'll lay them out for you, tonight. [ emily jo ] derrell comes into starbucks with his wife, danielle, almost every weekend. derrell hasn't been able to visit his mom back east in a long time. [ shirley ] things are sometimes a little tight around the house. i wasn't able to go to the wedding. [ emily jo ] since derrell couldn't get home, we...
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it's called obama noma. he's such a cancer to the economy. >> to call this an economy is an insult to recoveries. >> the numbers don't lie. we'll lay them out for you, tonight. that was me... the day i learned i had to start insulin for my type 2 diabetes. me... thinking my only option was the vial and syringe dad used. and me... discovering once-daily levemir® flexpen. flexpen® is prefilled. doesn't need refrigeration for up to 42 days. no drawing from a vial. dial the exact...
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ght ack obama by 40 points. we also know latino up from 8% just two cycles ago to 10%. 1 out of every 10 voters and growing. and i think that's a product ofe rhetoric and some of the tough policies we heard from the republican party. and a big q how they can get back on the side of a growing voting denigrating people in the country. >> off of the polls and leading upthis. >> right. >> brut where do you think the romney campaign and their team lost any ot of traction out of it. they did. course? >> they're going to be blaming hurricane sandy for a lot of things. you're hearing thais christie. i think sandy but not in the way they think. not just because it shut him out thomas. role because it was like one long obama commercial. we take care of our own. it really sounded thetogether government can do something,e need one another, and the president rose to the we saw in exit polls that it really mattered to people. i think it was 2/3 in the÷q "new york times" exit poll said sandy mattered and 70% ofhem went it was
ght ack obama by 40 points. we also know latino up from 8% just two cycles ago to 10%. 1 out of every 10 voters and growing. and i think that's a product ofe rhetoric and some of the tough policies we heard from the republican party. and a big q how they can get back on the side of a growing voting denigrating people in the country. >> off of the polls and leading upthis. >> right. >> brut where do you think the romney campaign and their team lost any ot of traction out of it....
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>> well, it is a huge gulf between candidate obama and president obama. now, some people are going to cut him some slack and say, look, it's one thing when you're running because you don't have the daily intel, you don't have the daily briefings, you don't know where a likely strike is to occur. on the other hand, if the rules that you abide by while candidating and arguing that you should be the president don't apply to you once you become president, then you've got to excuse everybody from george bush back to whoever. i think there's a real tension here and i think the aclu and progressive groups are right to apply the pressure. the question is to what degree can you acknowledge the legitimacy of a response to terror, even perhaps using surgical strikes or some of the drones and at the same time say, hey, that stuff has gotten out of hand and we have to figure out a way to get back in. and if you say sunshine is the law, that you want people to be exposed, then you're practicing directly contrary to what you've argued. >> i want to read briefly from an
>> well, it is a huge gulf between candidate obama and president obama. now, some people are going to cut him some slack and say, look, it's one thing when you're running because you don't have the daily intel, you don't have the daily briefings, you don't know where a likely strike is to occur. on the other hand, if the rules that you abide by while candidating and arguing that you should be the president don't apply to you once you become president, then you've got to excuse everybody...
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hey, again, president obama ahead by the exact same 1%. before hurricane sandy, president obama ahead 1 or 2 points, afterwards, ahead by 1 or 2 points. this is the poll we know in retrospect was totally right. if we believe the polls which we all do now in america and the ipsot-reuters poll was the most accurate one in this presidential election provely there was no romney momentum going into hurricane sandy that was moved by the storm. it just didn't happen and checkable. i'm not saying this to make conservatives feel bad to welcome you out of the bubble of denial that is dangerous. i think haley barbour is a smart guy. this is not a smart idea. liberals probably shouldn't dis disabuse republicans of this. if they take out of this election that a hurricane is the only way they didn't win, democrats should be psyched about that because republicans will go campaigning next time with the same kind of candidates and same policies and planning not having a hurricane. is that their plan? no storm and we will win. i understand why a guy like ka
hey, again, president obama ahead by the exact same 1%. before hurricane sandy, president obama ahead 1 or 2 points, afterwards, ahead by 1 or 2 points. this is the poll we know in retrospect was totally right. if we believe the polls which we all do now in america and the ipsot-reuters poll was the most accurate one in this presidential election provely there was no romney momentum going into hurricane sandy that was moved by the storm. it just didn't happen and checkable. i'm not saying this...
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they are mad at barack obama. >> they are. but when it comes to the delivery system and the money that can be saved in the long haul, if the federal government comes into a state and sets up the mechanisms in place, doesn't it make it easier to get universal health care when that time comes? >> absolutely, it does. and you know, this is the bizarre thing about their choice. the fact is that they could create unique and different systems in different states. when the affordable care act was passed, it was passed with an idea that there would be maximum flexibility. they thought that letting the states establish their own exchanges would get buy-in from conservatives. instead they are refusing this and the end result is, we are going to have a much more nationalized program. it's going to be good for some states. some states have not done enough on health care. and those states will have better quality. but some states that have done a lot on health care, these governors are cutting off their nose to spite their face. >> meanwhi
they are mad at barack obama. >> they are. but when it comes to the delivery system and the money that can be saved in the long haul, if the federal government comes into a state and sets up the mechanisms in place, doesn't it make it easier to get universal health care when that time comes? >> absolutely, it does. and you know, this is the bizarre thing about their choice. the fact is that they could create unique and different systems in different states. when the affordable care...
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obama care is the law of the land. >> but you won't be spending the time next year trying to repeal obama care. >> there may be parts of it that we believe need to be changed. e we may do that. no decisions at this point. >> joining me now is jonathan alter. good to see you. we both survived. republican party has run against obama care at every level ever since it was passed. what happens now? >> elections have consequences. and history renders verdicts. and history has rendered a verdict. obama care is the law of the land. it will be amended around the edges the say way social security was enacted in 1935 or medicare in 1965. >> but are you talking about the kind of amendments that are going to set up a fight? >> no. the fight is is over. this is settled. so john boehner can try to fix things that don't work that maybe the republicans will bring to the attention of the administration but the fear that a lot of people had, and i had my own fear, where if you have somebody with a preexisting condition they will be unins
obama care is the law of the land. >> but you won't be spending the time next year trying to repeal obama care. >> there may be parts of it that we believe need to be changed. e we may do that. no decisions at this point. >> joining me now is jonathan alter. good to see you. we both survived. republican party has run against obama care at every level ever since it was passed. what happens now? >> elections have consequences. and history renders verdicts. and history has...
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president obama was sworn into office as president. at the end of january 2009, just over 100 days after that, less than four months after he was sworn in, the new president did something absolutely remarkable. something that had not been done in more than 50 years. the new president fired the man in charge of the war. >> president obama has said that the war in afghanistan is one the u.s. must win. senior officials here at the pentagon have decided it will take new military leadership to do it. defense secretary robert gates mcmckiernan in afghanistan last week to break the bad news, but waited until today to announce it. >> i asked for the resignation of general david mckiernan. >> gates and obama relieving him of command. when they did that and relieved him of command as the lead american commander of the war in afghanistan, that was the first time since general truman fired douglas mcarthur during the korean war that a president relieved a four-star commanding general in the middle of the war he was leading. when president obama di
president obama was sworn into office as president. at the end of january 2009, just over 100 days after that, less than four months after he was sworn in, the new president did something absolutely remarkable. something that had not been done in more than 50 years. the new president fired the man in charge of the war. >> president obama has said that the war in afghanistan is one the u.s. must win. senior officials here at the pentagon have decided it will take new military leadership to...
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they are mad at barack obama. >> they are. but when it comes to the delivery system and the money that can be saved in the long haul, if the federal government comes into a state and sets up the mechanisms in place, doesn't it make it easier to get universal health care when that time comes? >> absolutely, it does. and you know, this is the bizarre thing about their choice. the fact is that they could create unique and different systems in different states. when the affordable care act was passed, it was passed with an idea that there would be maximum flexibility. they thought that letting the states establish their own exchanges would get buy-in from conservatives. instead they are refusing this and the end result is, we are going to have a much more nationalized program. it's going to be good for some states. some states have not done enough on health care. and those states will have better quality. but some states that have done a lot on health care, these governors are cutting off their nose to spite their face. >> meanwhi
they are mad at barack obama. >> they are. but when it comes to the delivery system and the money that can be saved in the long haul, if the federal government comes into a state and sets up the mechanisms in place, doesn't it make it easier to get universal health care when that time comes? >> absolutely, it does. and you know, this is the bizarre thing about their choice. the fact is that they could create unique and different systems in different states. when the affordable care...
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president obama took the show on road today. who are not impressed by the administration's opening budget officer. -- offer. joining me is kristen welker, and luke russert. first to you, the calculus in going to the suburbs of philadelphia, kristen, clearly he feels that the political play right now is better than the inside game that didn't work for him during the super committee negotiations, but can that backfire? >> right now the president feels as though he has a fair amount of leverage having won re-election so he's trying to build momentum on the road. remember, this is a tactic that worked for him during the payroll tax cut fight when he went out, took his case to the american people, so he is doing it once again today in hatfield, pennsylvania, a suburb of philadelphia, speaking at a toymaker and making the case that toymaker would be harmed. consumer confidence begdwindled they would lose business if dungs fails to get a deal done and they would wind up spending less on christmas shopping, for example. this is a tactic
president obama took the show on road today. who are not impressed by the administration's opening budget officer. -- offer. joining me is kristen welker, and luke russert. first to you, the calculus in going to the suburbs of philadelphia, kristen, clearly he feels that the political play right now is better than the inside game that didn't work for him during the super committee negotiations, but can that backfire? >> right now the president feels as though he has a fair amount of...
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this is not a new strategy for president obama. this is the latest in a long line of efforts on the part of the obama white house to organize americans, to bring a grassroots campaign style efforts to bear on a policy debate. this not the first time the obama administration has done this. in fact, this isn't even a new thing for president's broadly speaking. president obama did not invent this strategy of trying to get his way on policy. remember george w. bush after he was reelected. george w. bush took off an a tour of the country at the start of his second term. what president bush was barn storming the country with to call americans to action about was his idea we should privatize social security. >> i like going around the country. i am going to keep telling people we've got a problem until it sinks in. >> it did not sink in and we did not turn social security over to wall street the way president bush suggested. that is less a caution for the current president, that president's broadly speaking shouldn't try to involve their
this is not a new strategy for president obama. this is the latest in a long line of efforts on the part of the obama white house to organize americans, to bring a grassroots campaign style efforts to bear on a policy debate. this not the first time the obama administration has done this. in fact, this isn't even a new thing for president's broadly speaking. president obama did not invent this strategy of trying to get his way on policy. remember george w. bush after he was reelected. george w....
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i would say the obama campaign ran a really smart, targeted campaign. that they were able to bring out in terms of the microtargeting, the numbers that you saw in terms of turnout of african-americans, women, young voters, hispanics, that was a really sophisticated operation. i have to say, i give them enormous amount of credit. i didn't think it was that possible to do what they did. the other part is, you know, in terms of the republican party being, you know, too old, too white, i would add another thing. they're too wrong. they're wrong on the key issues in terms of where the country is. think about this one fact. american people asked in the exit polls where they stood on tax increases for those making more than $250,000, president obama won 60% of the voters and overall majority supported that. that tells you i think really clearly that the republicans are lo losing on issues they thought they would win and win big on. >> erin, let's play chris christie a short time ago finally giving reaction after taking a lot of heat from repuicans who basicall
i would say the obama campaign ran a really smart, targeted campaign. that they were able to bring out in terms of the microtargeting, the numbers that you saw in terms of turnout of african-americans, women, young voters, hispanics, that was a really sophisticated operation. i have to say, i give them enormous amount of credit. i didn't think it was that possible to do what they did. the other part is, you know, in terms of the republican party being, you know, too old, too white, i would add...
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they couldn't stand obama care. when that didn't work out, they believed that mitt romney would become president and he would repeal it. that didn't work out either. so the affordable care act remains the law of the land and now the same republican governors are left scrambling. and today was a big day. today was the day that states were supposed to let the obama administration know whether or not they would be forming their own health insurance exchanges. here we go. it's a component to the law. it will allow households and small businesses shop for private insurance. and many states have dragged their feet on the deadline, perhaps expecting a different outcome to the presidential election. they requested an extension, states now have until mid-december to make their decision. if a state chooses not to set up an exchange, it can either share responsibility with the federal government or let the fed's handle it completely in their state. you'd think the conservative governors around the country would denounce the id
they couldn't stand obama care. when that didn't work out, they believed that mitt romney would become president and he would repeal it. that didn't work out either. so the affordable care act remains the law of the land and now the same republican governors are left scrambling. and today was a big day. today was the day that states were supposed to let the obama administration know whether or not they would be forming their own health insurance exchanges. here we go. it's a component to the...
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hurricane sandy saved barack obama's presidency. it broke the momentum that romney had coming in at the end of the october, but that's not chris christie's fault. >> he lets chris christie off the hook and blames sandy and not the larger concerns about the party brand and moving ahead. they think it's a storm. >> i think that the governor misunderstands the significance of the christie moment. americans liked to see the democratic standard bearer working together with the man who delivered the keynote address for the republican national convention. that's what we want more of. we don't want to be led fringes or polarization. we want them to act like adults and get along. it boded well for both of them. today what republicans should do is assess their nomination process from four yeerdz years from now. if they fov a strangle hold on the process, it's lights out. it will put forth sarah pull lynn, mike huckabee or rick santorum and none of them can win. >> let me play real quick, a.b., this conversation between ann coulter and laura i
hurricane sandy saved barack obama's presidency. it broke the momentum that romney had coming in at the end of the october, but that's not chris christie's fault. >> he lets chris christie off the hook and blames sandy and not the larger concerns about the party brand and moving ahead. they think it's a storm. >> i think that the governor misunderstands the significance of the christie moment. americans liked to see the democratic standard bearer working together with the man who...
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text "a" for president obama, text "b" to mitt romney to 622639. always to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we'll bring you the results later on in the show. joining me tonight, karen finney, msnbc political analyst and former communications director of the dnc. karen, good to have you with us tonight. >> good to see you, ed. >> this is -- this is a rather interesting closing argument that mitt romney is making that he's going to be the guy that's going to reach across the aisle. when that really is the last thing his party wants him to do. how's this going to work out? >> also you know what, ed, i think is so interesting, i feel like we're back where we start in some ways. because here you have president obama, sandy has put in very clear relief, what is the role of government? we don't leave anybody behind. there's no red, no blue. there's one america. right? some of the very same messages, very same things we've heard the president talking about from the begins. where is mitt romney? right back where he started refusing to answer questions. refusing to
text "a" for president obama, text "b" to mitt romney to 622639. always to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we'll bring you the results later on in the show. joining me tonight, karen finney, msnbc political analyst and former communications director of the dnc. karen, good to have you with us tonight. >> good to see you, ed. >> this is -- this is a rather interesting closing argument that mitt romney is making that he's going to be the guy that's going to reach across...
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obama care. governor romney had vowed repeal the affordable care act on day one but the president's re-election implementation. ezra klein notes the president's financial reforms and expiring bush tax cuts are victories ensured by last night's results. he writes -- in 2008 the election was a vote for hope in 2012 his re-election carries achange. joining us is presidential historian michael thanks for joining the program. >> pleasure alex. >> really interesting here in terms of how president obama is treated in the long arc of had history and i guess can you give us an example, the historian you are, of previous presidents that have had rocky first terms but whose second terms cement their first terms? >> they generally don't tend to because alex if you look over the last century, usually these two-termres have the awful second terms, almost without exception. lot of reasons for that. but one of them has been is the best case of this or lbj, during the first term and in lbj's case 1964, there are
obama care. governor romney had vowed repeal the affordable care act on day one but the president's re-election implementation. ezra klein notes the president's financial reforms and expiring bush tax cuts are victories ensured by last night's results. he writes -- in 2008 the election was a vote for hope in 2012 his re-election carries achange. joining us is presidential historian michael thanks for joining the program. >> pleasure alex. >> really interesting here in terms of how...
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some republicans are still suggesting that president obama won re-election because of voter fraud. this time it's virginia attorney general ken kuch nellie, a republican who actively supported mitt romney. he did a radio interview where one of the hosts, cheri jacobus, had reasonable -- let's hear what she said. >> voter photo i.d., obama lost every one of those states. he can't win in a state where photo i.d. is required. so clearly there's something going on out there, and until there's a way to have something done about it, where when you report it, you know it's going to be looked into, the other side just says, oh, well, you're just poor losers and that sort of thing. >> your tone suggests you're a little upset with me. you're preaching to the choir. i'm with you completely. >> well, get this, president obama lost georgia, indiana, kansas, and tennessee not because of their strict photo i.d. laws but because of their conservative voting majorities obviously. >>> neck, a whole new meaning for a campaign in shreds. we're talking literally. the remains of some documents with info
some republicans are still suggesting that president obama won re-election because of voter fraud. this time it's virginia attorney general ken kuch nellie, a republican who actively supported mitt romney. he did a radio interview where one of the hosts, cheri jacobus, had reasonable -- let's hear what she said. >> voter photo i.d., obama lost every one of those states. he can't win in a state where photo i.d. is required. so clearly there's something going on out there, and until there's...
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he had been plotting that move behind president obama's back. there was speculation that he was going to have to step down because of something related to the benghazi attack, which he was scheduled to testify on next week. before we knew for sure this he was going and why, the theories and the breathless speculation about why david petraeus was resigning went all the way up to and included the idea that maybe he was stepping down to start running as a republican for president in 2016 right now. until we knew what happened, people were crawling up the walls about this announcement from david petraeus today. and then andrea broke the story and david petraeus is leaving the cia because he had an extramarital affair. it was a personal matter. just an unbelievable news day today. joining us now is andrea mitche mitchell. congratulations on this scoop. thanks for being here. >> thank you. i have to tell you. i don't take any pleasure in this in the sense that this is really a personal tragedy. and there are families involved on all sides. and the men
he had been plotting that move behind president obama's back. there was speculation that he was going to have to step down because of something related to the benghazi attack, which he was scheduled to testify on next week. before we knew for sure this he was going and why, the theories and the breathless speculation about why david petraeus was resigning went all the way up to and included the idea that maybe he was stepping down to start running as a republican for president in 2016 right...
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we cut president obama's lead in half, but nevertheless, it wasn't enough. what it became clear to us as things went on, when virginia and ohio weren't coming together, it looked to me some time early in the evening that it just wasn't going to happen. >> that's his reflection. but moving ahead, speaker boehner was asked whether paul ryan would be the leader of the party. he referred to him as the wonky guy. what are we to make of paul ryan? >> he is the wonky guy. that was a dismissive comment that the speaker made. what he was trying to say is that he's coming back here, the same guy, as when he left. he's going to be a voice on certain issues, but he's not going to be a leader in the party. >> thank you very much. a pleasure having both of you on today. thank you. >>> coming up, john maca fee, he's wanted for questioning in the murder of his neighbor. details ahead. >>> and just moments ago, president obama finished meeting with labor leaders at the white house. how much leeway will the left give the president when it comes to medicare and social security
we cut president obama's lead in half, but nevertheless, it wasn't enough. what it became clear to us as things went on, when virginia and ohio weren't coming together, it looked to me some time early in the evening that it just wasn't going to happen. >> that's his reflection. but moving ahead, speaker boehner was asked whether paul ryan would be the leader of the party. he referred to him as the wonky guy. what are we to make of paul ryan? >> he is the wonky guy. that was a...
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we don't know who barack obama is. they spent the last four years trying to define obama outside of the arc of american identity. they've tried to define african-american people, latinos, women, gay, lesbian people outside of the arc of america. guess what? after 2050 the majority of america will not be white. the majority of america will be diverse and not only racially but beliefs and ideas about what makes america great. you do not have a copyright on what it means to be an american. it means to be skeptical of those who claim that their variety of patriotism is the only route to redemption for america. i say open the doors, bring us your teaming masses, and allow the great ideals of the world to nourish american identity. >> joan, how insulting is it to voters that decided to vote for president obama on election day? >> it's deeply insulting. he's saying that we want stuff. that we're dependent. that we're lazy. the fact is, you know, bakz in the '60s and '70s and said love it or leave it. i want to say to them, am
we don't know who barack obama is. they spent the last four years trying to define obama outside of the arc of american identity. they've tried to define african-american people, latinos, women, gay, lesbian people outside of the arc of america. guess what? after 2050 the majority of america will not be white. the majority of america will be diverse and not only racially but beliefs and ideas about what makes america great. you do not have a copyright on what it means to be an american. it...
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today president obama meets with small business leaders continuing his push for higher taxes for the wealthy. a new white house economic report warns if tax breaks go away, the average middle-class family will owe uncle sam another $2,200 next year. >> it seems to be the thing that we can all agree on, that middle-class families should see an extension of these tax cuts. >> reporter: some prominent republicans who have been dead set against raising taxes on anyone now hint they may consider other options. >> we've been open to revenue by closing loopholes as long as it's tied to spending cuts and pro-growth tax reform that brudens the base and lowers rates. >> you don't raise rates, you just cap the amount of itemized deductions that taxpayers -- it hits the wealthy. >> reporter: the bottom line, republicans say americans borrowing too much money trying to keep medicare and social security afloat. lawmakers with the fix-the-debt coalition meet here tomorrow. >> there's going to come a point in time where we can't borrow any more money, and interest rates are going to skyrocket. >> th
today president obama meets with small business leaders continuing his push for higher taxes for the wealthy. a new white house economic report warns if tax breaks go away, the average middle-class family will owe uncle sam another $2,200 next year. >> it seems to be the thing that we can all agree on, that middle-class families should see an extension of these tax cuts. >> reporter: some prominent republicans who have been dead set against raising taxes on anyone now hint they may...
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i don't see scott brown as a senator is good for obama. he joined all the republican obstructionism for the last few years. if he broke with his party he'd face the primary challenge and get beat. i don't see the value of that. if the white house has the instinct to bring in john kerry as secretary of state, i don't necessarily think they should be desueded by the threat of scott brown back to the senate. he lost by a sizable margin in year, and it made a strong statement about in massachusetts is much more difficult for republicans to run for federal office than for statewide office. you had four republican governors there in the last couple of decades. scott brown was the first and only republican to win a senate race since 1972. >> it would be a special election again. >> he did. ion at that, look what happened. there was a congressman up there, his name is john tierney, who should have been one of the easiest democrats to beat this year. a gambling scandal and republicans got a pro-choice candidate to run against him. tierney survived.
i don't see scott brown as a senator is good for obama. he joined all the republican obstructionism for the last few years. if he broke with his party he'd face the primary challenge and get beat. i don't see the value of that. if the white house has the instinct to bring in john kerry as secretary of state, i don't necessarily think they should be desueded by the threat of scott brown back to the senate. he lost by a sizable margin in year, and it made a strong statement about in massachusetts...
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here is why barack obama is not a socialist. i will give you one example. obama care. people say that obama care is a government takeover of health care, but there's a slight problem with the government takeover of health care in obama care. there is no government option, and, b, what barack obama did in a word is he said to 22 million people in america, you have to go and now buy private health insurance. this is shocking. he said to america's big five insurers, you're not going to get 22 million new paying customers? there's the socialism in that. he runs this ad. i don't understand spanish despite the fact i took two years of it. i can look at that ad and i can see what they're saying is that the barack obama is a socialist. there's nothing about him that's socialistic at all. in fact, obama care was a boon to the private health insurance industry. so it's kind of a far as and itand it's a little bit of a stretch and it's fearmongering. i don't know of anybody in the latino community that look at that and say it's credible. >> to that point jimmy calls it fearmonger
here is why barack obama is not a socialist. i will give you one example. obama care. people say that obama care is a government takeover of health care, but there's a slight problem with the government takeover of health care in obama care. there is no government option, and, b, what barack obama did in a word is he said to 22 million people in america, you have to go and now buy private health insurance. this is shocking. he said to america's big five insurers, you're not going to get 22...
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how can president obama avoid it? sometimes what we suffer from is bigger than we think ... like the flu. with aches, fever and chills- the flu's a really big deal. so why treat it like it's a little cold? there's something that works differently than over-the-counter remedies. prescription tamiflu attacks the flu virus at its source. so don't wait. call your doctor right away. tamiflu is prescription medicine for treating the flu in adults and children one year and older whose flu symptoms started within the last two days. before taking tamiflu tell your doctor if you're pregnant, nursing. have serious health conditions, or take other medicines. if you develop an allergic reaction, a severe rash, or signs of unusual behavior, stop taking tamiflu and call your doctor immediately. children and adolescents in particular may be at an increased risk of seizures, confusion or abnormal behavior. the most common side effects are mild to moderate nausea and vomiting. the flu comes on fast, so ask your doctor about tamiflu. pr
how can president obama avoid it? sometimes what we suffer from is bigger than we think ... like the flu. with aches, fever and chills- the flu's a really big deal. so why treat it like it's a little cold? there's something that works differently than over-the-counter remedies. prescription tamiflu attacks the flu virus at its source. so don't wait. call your doctor right away. tamiflu is prescription medicine for treating the flu in adults and children one year and older whose flu symptoms...